Janai Nelson

Janai Nelson
President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Assumed office
March 2022
Preceded bySherrilyn Ifill
Personal details
EducationNew York University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Janai Nelson is an American lawyer, who currently serves as the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF). She has argued cases concerning voting rights, capital murder, and discrimination in academia. She also served as a professor of Law.